Index

A

Adjusted score: Artificial - Law 12C; Assigned score - Law 12C; Awarding - Law 12; Indemnity points - Law 88; Laws provide no indemnity - Law 12A; Likely to damage - Law 72B; Normal play impossible - Law 12A; Powers of Appeals Committee - Law 12C; Right to award - Law 12A
Agreements, See Understandings
Alert
Appeal: Adjudication - Law 93B; All others - Law 93B; Arrangements for - Law 80G; Committee available - Law 93B; Committee powers - Law 93B; Concerns Law - Law 93B; Concurrence of appellants - Law 92D; Contestant's right - Law 92A; Made through Director - Law 92C; No Appeals Committee - Law 93A; Notification of right - Law 83; Procedures - Law 93; Time of - Law 92B; To national authority - Law 93C; Without merit - Footnote to Law 92
Appeals Committee: Powers to award adjusted score - Law 12C
Arrangement of tables - Law 3
Artificial score - Law 12C
Assigned score - Law 12C: Need not balance - Law 12C
Assignment of seats - Law 5: Change of direction or table - Law 5B
Auction: Card exposed or led during auction - Law 24; Cards taken from wrong board - Law 17D; Commencement of - Law 17A; Duration of - Law 17; End of auction period - Law 17E; Explanation of calls during the auction - Law 20F; Procedure after auction has ended - Law 22; Review after final pass - Law 20C; Review during auction period - Law 20B; Review of - Law 41B; Successive calls - Law 17C; Who may review - Law 20D

B

Bid: After auction has ended - Law 35D, Law 39B; Followed by a pass out of rotation - Law 30B; Insufficient - Law 18D, Law 27; Insufficient bid accepted - Law 27A; Insufficient bid not accepted - Law 27B; Insufficient bid out of rotation - Law 27C; Methods - Law 18; Mistaken - Footnote to Law 75; More than seven - Law 38; Of more than seven - Law 35C; Out of rotation - Law 31; Proper form - Law 18A; Rank of the denominations - Law 18E; Sufficient - Law 18C; To supersede a bid - Law 18B
Board: Duplication of - Law 6F; Normal play impossible - Law 12A; Not designated to have been played - Law 15A; Not previously played - Law 15A; Placement of - Law 7A; Play of wrong board - Law 15; Previously played - Law 15B; Removal of cards - Law 7B; Scoring of fouled - Law 87B
Boards: Dealer and vulnerability - Law 2; Duplicate - Law 2; Movement of - Law 8A

C

Call: After final pass - Law 35D, Law 39; Based on caller's misunderstanding - Law 21A; Based on misinformation - Law 21; Based on misinformation from an opponent - Law 21B; By correct player - Law 28B; Change by opponent following correction - Law 21B; Change of call - Law 21B; Changed and not accepted - Lead penalties - Law 25B; Changes of; Delayed or purposeful correction - Law 25B; Immediate correction of inadvertency - Law 25A; In rotation - Law 28; Inadmissible call condoned - Law 35; Inadmissible double - Law 35A; Inadmissible redouble - Law 35A; Incomplete or erroneous call of card from dummy - Law 46; Not clearly heard - Law 20A; Out of rotation; Out of rotation - Forfeiture of right to penalise - Law 29A; Out of rotation cancelled - Law 29B; Out of rotation conventional - Law 29C; Retention of right to call - Law 34; Review and explanation - Law 20; RHO required to pass - Law 28A; Substitute condoned - Law 25B; Substitute not condoned - Law 25B; Too late to change call - Law 21B; Withdrawn, Lead penalties - Law 26
Call out of rotation: Cancelled - Law 29B; Forfeiture of right to penalise - Law 29A; Is conventional - Law 29C
Calls: Explanation during the auction - Law 20F; Explanation during the play period - Law 20F; Explanation of - Law 20F; Simultaneous - Law 33
Card: Cannot be found - Law 14; Compulsory play of card - Law 45C; Correction of designation - Law 45C; Designated or named - Law 45C; Designating dummy's card - Law 46A; Exposed or led during auction - Law 24; Fifth card played to a trick - Law 45E; Incomplete or erroneous call of card from dummy - Law 46; Indicated by dummy - Law 45F; Misplayed by dummy - Law 45D; Missing - Law 14; Penalty - Law 45C, Law 50, Law 51, Law 52; Penalty card; Played - Law 45; Retraction of card played - Law 47
Card missing - Law 14: Noticed at any later time - Law 14B; Noticed before play commences - Law 14A
Cards - Law 1: Counting before play - Law 7B; Exposure by declarer - Law 48; Exposure by defender - Law 49; Incorrect number - Law 13; Incorrectly dealt or exposed - Law 6D; Inspection of - Law 7B; Played subsequent to revoke - Law 62C; Removal from board - Law 7B; Retaining possession of - Law 7B; Returning to board - Law 7C; Taken from wrong board - Law 17D
Change of play: Misinformation - Law 47E
Claim: Acquiescence - Law 69; Acquiescence withdrawn - Law 69B; Clarification - Law 68C; Concession defined - Law 68B; Contested - Law 70; Defined - Law 68A; New line of play - Law 70D; Outstanding trump - Law 70C; Play ceases - Law 68D; Unstated line of finesse or drop - Law 70E
Communication - Law 73: Between partners - Law 73A; Gratuitous - Law 73B; Inappropriate - Law 73B; Mannerisms - Law 73A; Prearranged - Law 73B; Tempo or manner - Law 73D; Unauthorised information from partner - Law 73C
Concession, See Claim: Cancelled - Law 71; Implausible - Law 71C
Conduct - Law 74: Courtesy - Law 74A; Correct procedure - Law 74A; Detaching card - Law 74, Law 74B; Discourteous manner - Law 74B; Etiquette - Law 74B; Gratuitous comments - Law 74B; Inattention - Law 74B; Lack of further interest - Law 74C; Leaving the table - Law 74C; Prolonging play - Law 74B; Significant occurrence - Law 74C; Varying tempo - Law 74C; Violations of procedure - Law 74C
Contestant
Contract
Convention
Convention card - Law 40E: Referring to opponent's card - Law 40E; Right to prescribe - Law 40E
Conventions: Regulation of - Law 40D
Correction: Premature - Law 9C
Counting cards - Law 7B

D

Deal - Law 6B: At Director's instructions - Law 6D; Cards incorrectly dealt or exposed - Law 6D; Different method of dealing or pre-dealing - Law 6E; Director's options - Law 6E; No deal - Law 6D
Dealer and vulnerability - Law 2
Deception - Law 73E
Declarer
Defective trick - Law 67
Defender
Definitions
Denomination: Rank - Law 18E
Director - See also Tournament Director: Delegation of duties - Law 81D; Discretionary powers - Law 12; Option regarding understandings - Law 40C; Power to disqualify - Law 91B; Power to refer question - Law 83; Power to suspend - Law 91A; Powers - Law 81C; Responsibilities; Status - Law 81A; Summoning - Law 9B
Disclosure: Alert; Answering questions - Law 20F, Law 75C; Convention card - Law 40E; Habitual violations - Law 75B; Requirement - Law 40B, Law 75A; Unanticipated violations - Law 75B
Double: Inadmissible - Law 35A, Law 36; Legal - Law 19A; Of incorrectly stated bid - Law 19A; Out of rotation - Law 32; Proper form - Law 19A; Superseded - Law 19C
Doubled contract: Scoring - Law 19D
Doubles - Law 19
Drafting Committee
Dummy: Designating card to be played from - Law 46A; Faced hand - Law 41D; Indicates card - Law 45F; Limitations - Law 43A; Qualified rights - Law 42B; Rights - Law 42
Duplication of board - Law 6F

E

End of last round - Law 8C
End of round - Law 8B
End of session - Law 8C
Event
Explanation: Calls during the auction - Law 20F; Calls during the play period - Law 20F; Correcting errors - Law 75D; Mistaken - Law 75D; Of calls - Law 20F; Presumed mistaken - Footnote to Law 75

F

Final pass: Review of auction - Law 20C
Follow suit
Forfeiture of the right to penalise - Law 11
Further bids or plays - Law 9B

G

Game

H

Hand
Hand records - Law 13A
Honour

I

Illegal alternative is chosen - Law 16A
IMP
Inadmissible call: Condoned - Law 35
Inadmissible call condoned: Action by player required to pass - Law 35B; After final pass - Law 35D; Double - Law 35A; Of more than seven - Law 35C; Redouble - Law 35A
Inadvertency: Immediate correction - Law 25A
Incorrect number of cards - Law 13
Incorrect penalty - Law 12A
Indemnity: Laws provide no indemnity - Law 12A
Information: Extraneous - Law 16; Extraneous information from partner - Law 16A; From mannerisms of opponents - Law 16; From other sources - Law 16B; From withdrawn calls and plays - Law 16C; Gratuitous - Law 73B; Legal calls and/or plays - Law 16; Unauthorised - Law 16
Infraction: Concealing - Law 72B; Inadvertent - Law 72B; Intentional - Law 72B; Likely to damage - Law 72B; Of Law - Law 72B
Insufficient bid: Accepted - Law 27A; Not accepted - Law 27B; Out of rotation - Law 27C
International matchpoint
Interpretation of the Laws
Irregularities: Correction of; General Laws governing irregularities
Irregularity: After attention is called - Law 9B; Called by spectator - Law 11B; Calling attention to - Law 9A; Choice after - Law 10C; Damage to non-offending side - Law 72B; Further bids or plays - Law 9B; Opponents' rights - Law 9B; Premature correction - Law 9C; Procedure following - Law 9; Retention of rights - Law 9B; Summoning the Director - Law 9B

L

Laws Commission: American Contract Bridge League
Laws Committee: European Bridge League
Lead: Faced lead out of turn - Law 54; Inability to lead as required - Law 59; Not accepted - Law 54D; Opening faced - Law 41C; Opening lead - Law 41A; Out of turn; Out of turn accepted - Law 53; Out of turn by declarer - Law 55; Out of turn by defender - Law 56; Penalties - Law 26; Premature - Law 57
Lead penalties: If call withdrawn - Law 26
Leads: Simultaneous - Law 58
LHO

M

Matchpoint
Misinformation: Call based on misinformation - Law 21; Change of play - Law 47E
Missing card - Law 14: Noticed at any later time - Law 14B; Noticed before play commences - Law14A
Movement: Of boards - Law 8A; Of players - Law 8A

N

Non-offending side: Action by - Law 11A
Normal play: Impossible - Law 12A

O

Obligation to pass: Action violating obligation to pass - Law 37
Odd Trick
Opening lead: Face down - Law 41A; Faced - Law 41C
Opponent
Opponents' rights - Law 9B
Options: Choice among - Law 10C; Explanation of - Law 10C
Overtrick

P

Pack, See also Law 1
Partner: Extraneous information from - Law 16A
Partnership understandings, See Understandings
Partnerships - Law 4
Partscore
Pass: Action violating obligation to pass - Law 37; Damaging enforced pass - Law 23; Out of rotation - Law 30; Out of rotation before any player has bid - Law 30A; Out of rotation when conventional - Law 30C
Pass out of rotation: After any player has bid - Law 30B; Before any player has bid - Law 30A; When pass is a convention - Law 30C
Pauses: Mandatory - Law 73A
Penalties: Disciplinary - Law 91A; In individual events - Law 89
Penalty: Action by non-offending side - Law 11A; After forfeiture of the right to penalise - Law 11C; After revoke is established - Law 64A; Assessment of - Law 10; Cancellation of payment or waiver of - Law 10B; Comparing scores - Law 90B; Director's authority - Law 90A; Discretionary - Law 84E; Errors in procedure - Law 90B; Failure to comply promptly - Law 90B; Forfeiture of the right to penalise - Law 11; Incorrect penalty has been paid - Law 12A; Irregularity called by spectator - Law 11B; Lead penalties - Law 26; Loud discussion - Law 90B; Misplacing cards - Law 90B; No adjustment for undue severity - Law 12B; Not assessed after revoke - Law 64B; Offences subject to - Law 90B; Right to assess - Law 10A; Slow play - Law 90B; Tardiness - Law 90B; Touching another's cards - Law 90B
Penalty card - Law 45C: Failure to play - Law 52
Penalty cards: Two or more - Law 51
Placement of board - Law 7A
Play: After an illegal play - Law 60; After irregularity - Law 60A; Commencement of - Law 41; Inability to follow suit - Law 44D; Inability to play as required - Law 59; Lead - Law 44A; Premature - Law 57; Procedure of - Law 44; Requirement to follow suit - Law 44C; Subsequent plays - Law 44B
Play period: Explanation of calls during the play period - Law 20F
Players: Movement of - Law 8A
Plays: Simultaneous - Law 58
Powers of Directors - Law 12
Preface: English edition
Premature correction: Of an irregularity - Law 9C
Premium points
Preparation
Procedure: After auction has ended - Law 22; After auction has ended and no player has bid - Law 22A; After auction has ended and one or more players have bid - Law 22B; After establishment of a revoke - Law 64; Director's duty - Law 82A; Director's error - Law 82C; Errors of - Law 82; Of play - Law 44; Rectification of error - Law 82B
Procedures: Responsibility for - Law 7D
Promulgating bodies and approving bodies
Proprieties: Choice of action suggested - Law 73F; Enforcement of Laws - Law 72A; False inference drawn - Law 73F; General obligation - Law 72A; Legal options - Law 72A; Offenders' options - Law 72A; Score for trick not won - Law 72A; Tricks won - Law 72A; Violation of - Law 73F; Waiving of penalties - Law 72A
Psychic call

Q

Questions: Concerning auction before opening lead - Law 41B

R

Rank: Cards and suits - Law 1; Denominations - Law 18E; Incomplete designation - Law 46B
Rectification
Redeal - Law 6D: Required - Law 13A
Redouble: Inadmissible - Law 35A, Law 36; Legal - Law 19B; Of an incorrectly stated bid - Law 19B; Out of rotation - Law 32; Proper form - Law 19B; Superseded - Law 19C
Redoubled contract: Scoring - Law 19D
Redoubles - Law 19B
Result: Agreement on - Law 65D
Retention of rights - Law 9B
Retraction of card played - Law 47
Review: After final pass - Law 20C; Correction of error - Law 20E; Of auction during auction period - Law 20B; Of auction after final pass - Law 20C; Of auction and questions - Law 41B; Of calls - Law 20; Of the play - Law 65C; Who may review the auction - Law 20D
Revoke: After calls to next deal - Law 64B; After round has ended - Law 64B; Attention illegally drawn - Law 63B; Before partner plays to twelfth trick - Law 62D; By failure to play a faced card - Law 64B; Correction - Law 62; Definition - Law 61A; Equity - Law 64C; Established - Law 63; Inquiries - Law 61B; On trick twelve - Law 62D; On twelfth trick - Law 64B; Penalty assessed - Law 64A; Penalty not assessed - Law 64B; Procedure after establishment - Law 64; Right to inquire - Law 61B
RHO
Right to assess penalty - Law 10A
Right to call: Retention of - Law 34
Rights: Dummy's rights - Law 42; Opponent's - Law 9B; Retention of - Law 9B
Rotation
Round: End of - Law 8B; End of last round - Law 8C
Rulings: On agreed facts - Law 84; On disputed facts - Law 85

S

Scope and interpretation of the Laws
Score: Adjusted - Law 12; Artificial - Law 12C; Assigned - Law 12C; Average - Law 86A; Award adjusted - Law 16B; Non balancing adjustments - Law 86B
Scoring: Doubled contract - Law 19D; Error - Law 79C; Fouled board - Law 87B; Indemnity points - Law 88; International matchpoints - Law 78B; Matchpoints - Law 78A; Methods - Law 78; Redoubled contract - Law 19D; Special methods - Law 78D; Total point - Law 78C
Scoring table - Law 77
Session: End of - Law 8C
Shuffle - Law 6: At Director's instructions - Law 6D; Before play starts - Law 6A; Director's options - Law 6E; New - Law 6D; No shuffle - Law 6D
Side
Slam
Spectator: Irregularity called by - Law 11B; Participation - Law 76B
Spectators - Law 76: Conduct - Law 76A; Mannerisms or remarks - Law 76A
Sponsoring organisation - Law 80: Conditions of contest - Law 78D; Conditions of entry - Law 80D; Correction period -Law 79C; Duties and powers - Law 80
Substitute: Appoint after unauthorised information - Law 16B
Suit
Suits - Law 1

T

Table of contents
Team
Tempo - Law 73D: Unvarying - Law 73E
Tempo or manner: Inadvertent variations - Law 73D; Intentional variations - Law 73D
Trick: Defective - Law 67; Fifth card played - Law 45E; Turning - Law 45G
Trick Points
Tricks: Arrangement of - Law 65; Inspection of - Law 66; Player mixes his cards - Law 65D - Law 66D; Review of the play - Law 65C; Won - Law 65B, Law 79A
Trump
Trumps: Tricks containing - Law 44E; Tricks not containing - Law 44F
Turn

U

Unauthorised information - Law 16: Appoint substitute - Law 16B; From partner - Law 73C; Illegal alternative is chosen - Law 16A
Understandings: Concealed partnership understandings prohibited - Law 40B; Director's option - Law 40C; Failure to explain the full meaning - Law 40C; Habitual violations - Law 75B; Regulation of conventions - Law 40D; Right to choose call or play - Law 40A; Special agreements - Law 75A; Violation of agreements - Law 75B
Undertrick
Undue severity of penalty - Law 12B
Unusual methods - Footnote to Law 40

V

Variations in tempo or manner - Law 73D
Vulnerability

W

Waiver of penalty - Law 10B

Chapters: I - Definitions II - Preliminaries III - Preparation and Progression IV - General Laws Governing Irregularities V - The Auction VI - The Play VII - Proprieties VIII - The Score IX - Tournament Sponsorship X - Tournament Director XI - Appeals

Last modified: Sun Apr 26 13:40:21 1998